Seems like the cat is out of the bag. I'm giving a virtual seminar next week about cats and how they influence wildlife. The answer is not necessarily what you may expect.

Nighthawk nestlings are getting bigger, but that doesn’t stop them from snuggling up under mom! I snapped a quick picture of this chick poking its face out when we checked the nest last evening (sibling’s stubby little tail is sticking out on the left). #nightjars #ornithology

Shall we rewrite the popular idiom "kill two birds with one stone" to "help two birds with one seed" ? (courtesy of Dr. Faisal Moola) #ornithology #idioms

This photo was from April 2018 during 🐻 spray training. We thought it was fun and unusual to be wearing #Masks. Foreshadowing? @wayfaringwilly Kaeli Swift, Ph.D.

Performing my civic duties from the livingroom #bcvotes #MailInBallot

Wish this er... was mine. #dadjoke ?

Great article about the effects of tire preservatives on salmon survival in the Puget sound. How Scientists Tracked Down a Mass Killer (of Salmon) nytimes.com/2020/12/03/cli…

Fa la la la la la la la tweet la la la #ornament #birds

Let's boost our early career BIPOC/LGBTQ+ Canadian bird nerds!

When you try to use the funnel shape to focus your introduction and instead the contents spill out the bottom and slither up the side of your page. #fail #AcademicTwitter #skeletonsareimportant

We are thrilled to introduce the Guelph Bird Safe Window initiative to Twitter! Interested in learning about how to prevent birds from colliding with your windows? Want to know more about bird conservation? Keep watching this page! #guelph #ornithology #conservation

Aranya Iyer Aranya Iyer (she/her) studies how birds use magnetic cues to navigate, but does not test if putting a magnet in your yard will attract that rare bird you are chasing. She is also interested in #SciComm and how to make academia accessible. IG: nerdmeetsbird. #FeatureFriday

Are you an #undergrad #GradStudent #phd #postdoc or #EarlyCareer #Ornithologist in #Canada? Do you identify as #BIPOC #LGBTQ +/or #disabled? We want to feature you & your work on our social media & in Picoides! #diversity 1/2

Pls RT & join us! 🐦🦜🦃 SCO-SOC memberships are *FREE* in 2021 to #BIPOC #LGBTQ & #Disabled community members! Membership benefits: - apply to student grants - access Picoides - meeting registration discount sco-soc.ca/membership

I'm hiring 1-2 field techs for my Ph.D. research on Common Nighthawks and Eastern Whip-poor-wills this summer! Please note: applicants already eligible to work in Canada are preferred, but all are welcome to apply. DM/email me with any questions, and please retweet! 🌘🐦🦉🐐

A bit of a different comic this week! I made this working with Bird Safe Guelph to help spread some information about birds and window collisions. More info in following tweets! [1/5]